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Fairfield Kung Flu Fighting This Week

#Fairfield CT-- The Fairfield Health Department wants you to be a Kung Flu Fighter! You too can fight the flu this flu season by taking 4 simple preventative steps. The Fairfield Health Department developed a video to help you become a Kung Flu Fighter. Be sure to check it out: https://youtu.be/V95kVL5zNoc.  The single best way to protect yourself from the flu is to get vaccinated. It is recommended that everyone over the age of 6 months receive the flu vaccine every year. It takes about 2 weeks after the receiving the flu vaccine for the body to develop protection against the flu virus so now is a good time to get protection for this flu season.  The Health Department will…

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Fairfield Museum and Black Rock History Committee Help Rescue Historic Mural

A large mural painted by a renowned local artist in the 1940s, and which was on display in a Black Rock bank for nearly 70 years, has been preserved by the Fairfield Museum & History Center in partnership with the Black Rock History Committee. The mural of "Old Black Rock Harbor About 1810" was commissioned by the Black Rock Bank & Trust Company in the mid-1940s and remained on display there until this year, when it was removed prior to the building undergoing a complete renovation.   “Through the generosity of the building’s new owner Tom Quinn, this important part of Black Rock’s artistic history has been donate to the Fairfield Museum and will be preserved for future generations,” noted…

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Fairfield News: Drones For Traffic Safety

#Fairfield CT--The Fairfield Police Department announced today that this afternoon, Wednesday, October 11, 2017 between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm, Fitzgerald and Halliday, a transportation planner and engineering firm, will be conducting a traffic study on the Black Rock Turnpike business corridor. Given the complexity of traffic conflicts along this corridor, the firm is looking for better information to calibrate their traffic models in order to provide more accurate solutions. During this afternoon’s traffic study, there will be 7 commercial drones launched from 3 different locations along Black Rock Turnpike covering Samp Mortar Drive to Tunxis Hill Corner: -The corner of Black Rock Turnpike and Fairfield Woods Road -309 Stillson Road -The northern end of Katona Drive Extension These are…

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Fairfield News: Untimely Death

#Fairfield CT--On 10/10/2017 at 10:24am the Fairfield Police Department responded to a report of an untimely death at 447 Meadow St. in Fairfield. First responding officers arrived on scene to find a 41 year old Caucasian female from Fairfield deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.  Fairfield Police Detective Bureau with the assistance of the Connecticut State Police Major Crimes Unit are currently conducting a forensic examination of the scene to rule out any other circumstances related to the untimely death, which is currently believed to be a suicide. This case is currently under investigation by the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call (203)254-4840  

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Bridgeport News: 2 In Custody After Manhunt

9:44pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Suspects are in custody after a pursuit and manhunt in the Burnsford Road area.  Earlier there were reports of shots fired on Aldine Avenue (off Brooklawn Avenue) shot at a car with a person inside who called the police.  The car was a red SUV stolen out of Stamford according to radio reports.  A short time later there was a report of a woman being robbed on Hazelwood Avenue, this MAY be related but it has not been confirmed.  An alert officer on patrol located the car on Park Avenue where a pursuit ensued.  The officer lost the vehicle but other police cars located the car and the pursuit went in and out of side roads off Park Avenue,…

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Fairfield News: Indecent Exposure Incident

The Fairfield Police Department is seeking to identify a male involved in several indecent exposure incidents that occurred at Jennings Beach in Fairfield on 09/05/17 and 09/23/17 between the hours of 11:00am and 1:00pm.  If you have any information on the identity of the person pictured below, please contact the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau, 203-254- 4835 or Text-A- Tip to CRIMES (274637).   (Fairfield Police press release)  

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